{{Short description|Arkansas lawyer and state legislator}}
{{Infobox officeholder | office1 = Arkansas Senate | term_start1 = 1945 | term_end1 = 1968 | office2 = President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate | term_start2 = 1953 | term_end2 = 1954 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|11|30}} | birth_place = Mosley Prairie, Oklahoma | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|12|03|1904|11|30}} | party = Democratic }}
'''Russell Elrod''' (November 30, 1904 - December 3, 1985)<ref name=":0" /> was a lawyer and long-serving state legislator in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas Senate including as President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/senate-history-education/senate-pro-tempores/|title=Arkansas Senate Pro Tempores|website=Arkansas Senate}}</ref>
He was born at Moseley Prairie in Delaware County, Oklahoma and schooled in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJmIAAAAMAAJ&q=russell+elrod+arkansas|title=Call the Roll: The First One Hundred Fifty Years of the Arkansas Legislature|first=Jerry E.|last=Hinshaw|date=December 23, 1986|publisher=Rose Publishing Company|isbn=9780914546665 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He worked as a lawyer in Siloam Springs.<ref name="news" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faVRAQAAMAAJ&q=russell+elrod+arkansas|title=The Arkansas Hand-book|date=December 23, 1949|publisher=Christian Associations of the University of Arkansas|via=Google Books}}</ref> He gained the nickname the "Little Fox" of Benton County.<ref name="news">{{cite news |title=Siloam's Russell Elrod: 'The Little Fox' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-arkansas-times-siloams-russel/144367475/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Northwest Arkansas Times |date=5 January 1967 |pages=16}} {{Open access}}</ref> Elrod served from 1945 until 1968,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Charlie |url=https://ssl-sos-site.ark.org/uploads/elections/historical_report1210.pdf |access-date=29 March 2024|title=Historical report of the secretary of state 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Elrod Seeking Re-Election to State Senate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/northwest-arkansas-times-elrod-seeking-r/144367806/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Northwest Arkansas Times |date=20 April 1968 |pages=2}} {{Open access}}</ref> when he was succeeded by Jim Caldwell. Elrod also served as Siloam Springs city attorney for 12 years.<ref name="obiturary" /> He is pictured in composite photographs of the Arkansas Senate in 1951 and 1965.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/general-assembly-composites/26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125202357/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/general-assembly-composites/26/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 25, 2020|title=1951 Senate composite photo of the Fifty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas|date=December 31, 1951|journal=Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/general-assembly-composites/32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203011542/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/general-assembly-composites/32/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2020|title=1965 Senate composite photo of the Sixty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas|date=December 31, 1965|journal=Arkansas General Assembly Composite Images, 1866-2023}}</ref>
Elrod died December 3, 1985 aged 81.<ref name="death-notice">{{cite news |title=Siloam Springs, Russell Elrod 81 dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-siloam-springs-russell-elro/144369589/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=Tulsa World |date=4 December 1985 |pages=44}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="obiturary">{{cite news |title=Russell Elrod Obituary |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-dec-04-1985-4388499/ |access-date=29 March 2024 |work=newspaperarchive.com |language=en}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53730680/russell-c-elrod Findagrave entry]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elrod, Russell}} Category:Arkansas state senators Category:1904 births Category:1985 deaths Category:People from Delaware County, Oklahoma Category:People from Siloam Springs, Arkansas Category:20th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly